Understanding the first injury in athletics and its effect on dropout from sport: an online survey on 544 high-level youth and junior athletics (track and field) athletes [PDF]
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise MedicineObjective To describe the first injury and to investigate whether it plays a role in altering athletics’ sustainable practice.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using an exploratory survey on the first injury and its consequences on athletics ...
Debbie Palmer +4 more
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Editorial: Developing sprinters: how can we swim, cycle, and run faster? [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingJesús J. Ruiz-Navarro +6 more
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The potential impact of advanced footwear technology on the recent evolution of elite sprint performances [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Elite track and field sprint performances have reached a point of stability as we near the limits of human physiology, and further significant improvements may require technological intervention.
Joel Mason +4 more
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Association between the use of daily injury risk estimation feedback (I-REF) based on machine learning techniques and injuries in athletics (track and field): results of a prospective cohort study over an athletics season. [PDF]
BMJ Open Sport Exerc MedDandrieux PE +9 more
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Study Problems of Iranian Sports Management (Case Study of Track and Field Federation) [PDF]
Research in Sport Management and Marketing, 2021 Purpose: The goal of this study was to study the Problems of Iranian Sports Management (Case Study of Track and Field Federation). Athletics is a kind of sport events which is one of the main sports around the world. According advance of other events, it
Morteza Rezaei Soufi, Abbas Shabani
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The Athletic Identity Measurement Scale: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis from 1993 to 2021
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2022 Sport psychology embraced the study of athletic identity in the 1990s. The Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) is at the forefront of athletic identity measurement.
Marc Lochbaum, Sydney Cooper, Sara Limp
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Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation optimal control approach [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Biomechanical simulation and modelling approaches have the possibility to make a meaningful impact within applied sports settings, such as sprinting. However, for this to be realised, such approaches must first undergo a thorough quantitative evaluation ...
Nicos Haralabidis +5 more
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Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica, 2021 Aim: This study investigated the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in Brazilian track and field athletes based on sex, age category (U-16, U-18, U-20, U-23 and senior), and event type (sprints/hurdles, middle distance, long-distance, jumps, throws).
Lucas Savassi Figueiredo +5 more
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A Model for World-Class 10,000 m Running Performances: Strategy and Optimization
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 The distribution of energetic resources in world-class distance running is a key aspect of performance, with athletes relying on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism to greater extents during different parts of the race. The purpose of this study is to model
Quentin Mercier +2 more
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Do Different Hurdle Heights Alter Important Spatiotemporal Variables in Hurdle Clearance?
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022 The aim of this study was to determine whether important spatiotemporal variables in hurdle clearance change with different hurdle heights. Twelve male hurdlers (mean height, 1.75 ± 0.04 m) cleared hurdles set at different heights [10% higher (High) and ...
Yusuke Ozaki, Takeshi Ueda
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